CLOZE TEST
256. (1) and             (2) so             272. (1) objection       (2) criticism      285. (1) power           (2) bondage
       (3) since         (4) but                   (3) essay         (4) language              (3) exile         (4) suspense
257. (1) given           (2) changed        273. (1) lucid           (2) high                 Directions (286–295) : In the
       (3) become        (4) made                                                       following passage, some of the words
                                                   (3) florid        (4) descriptive
258. (1) Graduating (2) Finishing                                                       have been left out. First read the pas-
                                            274. (1) critical        (2) creative       sage over and try to understand what
       (3) Graduated (4) Finished
                                                   (3) subjective    (4) objective      it is about. Then fill in the blanks with
259. (1) in              (2) from
                                            275. (1) divisive        (2) wicked         the help of the alternatives given.
       (3) by            (4) with                                                                        (SSC Data Entry Operator
                                                   (3) personal      (4) untidy
260. (1) theological (2) intellectual                                                                           Exam. 31.08.2008)
                                                  Directions (276–285) : In the fol-
       (3) educational (4) psychological                                                      286 the common 287, the ostrich
                                            lowing passage, some of the words
261. (1) predetermined                      have been left out. First read the pas-     does not bury its head in the sand to
       (2) predominantly                    sage over and try to understand what        288 danger. An ostrich can run 289 a
       (3) significantly                    it is about. Then fill in the blanks with   speed of forty – five miles 290 hour,
       (4) somewhat                         the help of the alternatives given.         kick powerfully and 291 aggressively
262. (1) From            (2) By                                 FCI Assistant Grade-III 292 its beak. As the 293 and fastest
                                                            Exam. 25.02.2012 (Paper-I)  bird in the world, it 294 need to 295
       (3) With          (4) Through
                                                              North Zone (Ist Sitting)  its head.
263. (1) for             (2) of
                                                  “Quit India” came not from the lips   286. (1) In keeping with
       (3) about         (4) to
                                            but the aching hearts of millions. In              (2) As per
264. (1) saw             (2) eloped         this open rebellion, the Inidan 276                (3) According to
       (3) met           (4) watched        reached its climax. The British were               (4) Contrary to
265. (1) common          (2) particular     not only 277 by it, but also were obliged   287. (1) fact            (2) view
       (3) uncommon (4) general             to quit unilaterally. The importance of
                                                                                               (3) expectation (4) belief
      Directions (266-275) : In the fol-    Quit India can be 278 from Lord Lin-
                                            lithgow’s statement, “I am engaged here     288. (1) resist          (2) avoid
lowing passage, some of the w-ords
have been left out. First read the pas-     in meeting by far the most 279 rebel-              (3) face          (4) encounter
sage over and try to understand what        lion since that of 1857, the gravity and    289. (1) with            (2) for
it is about. Then fill in the blanks with   extent of which we have so far 280                 (3) at            (4) to
the help of the alternatives given.         from the world for reasons of military
                                                                                        290. (1) one             (2) per
                    (FCI Assistant Grade-II security.” Still more significant was
                                            Churchill’s gloomy disclosure to the               (3) a             (4) every
                Exam. 22.01.2012 Paper-I)
                                            King Emperor that, “the idea of 281 of      291. (1) peck            (2) play
      Broadly speaking letters may be
                                            power had become an admitted 282                   (3) push          (4) poke
said to 266 into two classes, the for-
                                            in the minds of British party leaders.”     292. (1) on              (2) through
mal and 267. Formal letters 268 of
                                            Although his public statements were
official or business matters and are                                                           (3) with          (4) by
                                            diametrically opposite. The 283 creat-
269 to an employer, officials of a de-                                                  293. (1) larger          (2) largest
                                            ed by Quit India made the British 284
partment or institutions. Letters to the                                                       (3) more large (4) large
                                            that they could no longer keep India
270 of a newspaper also belong to this
                                            in 285.                                     294. (1) doesn’t         (2) did
class. In fact, all 271 using formal
                                            276. (1) freedom         (2) patriotism            (3) does          (4) didn’t
pattern is of this category. The 272
has to be precisely stated. It must be             (3) liberation    (4) revolution     295. (1) put             (2) cover
273 in style and quite 274. No 275          277. (1) threatened (2) inspired                   (3) shield        (4) bury
element has any place in it.                       (3) attacked      (4) impressed             Directions (296-305) : In the
266. (1) fall            (2) rise           278. (1) diffused        (2) gauged         following passage, some of the words
       (3) escape        (4) describe              (3) established (4) determined       have been left out. First read the pas-
                                            279. (1) trivial         (2) magnificent    sage over and try to understand what
267. (1) affectionate (2) personal
                                                                                        it is about. Then fill in the blanks with
       (3) foreign       (4) official              (3) serious       (4) auspicious     the help of the alternatives given.
268. (1) deal            (2) contain        280. (1) excluded        (2) elicited                        (SSC Data Entry Operator
       (3) apprise       (4) consist               (3) prevented (4) concealed                                  Exam. 02.08.2009)
269. (1) respected       (2) addressed      281. (1) transfer        (2) seizure               Experts are beginning to suspect
       (3) prayed        (4) typed                 (3) grabbing      (4) retainment     that one of the major 296 of crime in
                                            282. (1) tactics         (2) fantasy        modern cities is the actual design of
270. (1) publisher       (2) salesman
                                                   (3) inevitability (4) occurrence     the city. Oscar Newman, a professor
       (3) editor        (4) printer                                                    of architecture, in his book titled “De-
                                            283. (1) violence        (2) taboos
271. (1)   correspondence                                                               fensible Space” has 297 the results of
       (2) writing                                 (3) vengeance     (4) anarchy        his research on this question. The ef-
       (3) columns                          284. (1) imagine         (2) pretend        fect of environment 298 crime is two-
                                                   (3) realise       (4) anxious        fold.
       (4) articles
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